Prehnite 6x10mm Handcut Faceted Nugget Bead - 15-16 Inch Pattern 14”/80mm

14”/80mm

known for producing turquoise with strong color contrast and dramatic natural patterning

Rhodochrosite has a pearly luster and often displays banded patterning

000 years and has been revered as the ultimate “Dream Stone” since ancient cultures

This material is similar in hardness and texture to turquoise and is sometimes called “Wild Horse Turquoise” because it is mined in southeastern Arizona near the same area as Turquoise but it is not Turquoise

Prehnite 6x10mm Handcut Faceted Nugget Bead - 15-16 Inch Pattern 14”/80mmPrehnite was the first mineral to be named after a person: its discoverer, Dutch Colonel Hendrik Von Prehn. Von Prehn discovered the stone in South Africa in 1774. Prehnite is translucent to transparent, in colors from light green to yellow green to olive, with occasional inclusions of Black Tourmaline that crisscross the stone in fibrous patterns. It is a phyllosilicate composed of silicon, calcium and aluminum with trace amounts of iron.